方

See also: 万

§Translingual

Stroke order

Taiwanese stroke order

Taiwanese stroke order

§Han character

方 (radical 70 方+0, 4 strokes, cangjie input 卜竹尸 (YHS), four-corner 0022₇)

1. a square, rectangle
2. a region
3. local
4. prescription, recipe
5. method, way
6. (mathematics) involution, power
7. direction
8. a Chinese surname

§Derived characters

• Index:Chinese radical/方
• 坊 防 妨 肪 芳

§See also

• 万
• 敫

§References

• KangXi: page 481, character 3
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 13620
• Dae Jaweon: page 842, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 2172, character 1
• Unihan data for U+65B9

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§Chinese

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simp. and trad.		方

§Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fāng, fēng, páng, wǎng (fang¹, feng¹, pang², wang³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄤ, ㄈㄥ, ㄆㄤˊ, ㄨㄤˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fong¹
• Hakka (Pha̍k-fa-sṳ): fong
• Min Nan (POJ): hng / png / hong

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: fāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄤ
    • Wade-Giles: fang¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fang
    • IPA ^(key): /fɑŋ⁵⁵/
      
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: fēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄥ
    • Wade-Giles: fêng¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: feng
    • IPA ^(key): /fɤŋ⁵⁵/
      
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: páng
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄤˊ
    • Wade-Giles: p'ang²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pangr
    • IPA ^(key): /pʰɑŋ³⁵/
      
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: wǎng
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄤˇ
    • Wade-Giles: wang³
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woang
    • IPA ^(key): /u̯ɑŋ²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: fong¹
    • Yale: fōng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fong¹
    • IPA ^(key): /fɔːŋ⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • Romanisations:
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fong
    • IPA (Siyen, including Miaoli): /foŋ⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hng / png / hong
    • Tâi-lô: hng / png / hong
    • IPA (Taipei): /hŋ̍⁴⁴/, /pŋ̍⁴⁴/, /hɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hŋ̍³⁴/, /pŋ̍³⁴/, /hɔŋ³⁴/
  • Note: hng, png - vernacular, hong - literary.

Middle Chinese pronunciation (方, reconstructed)
Character (方), Pronunciation 1/2
Initial: 並 (3) Final: 陽 Division: III			Openness: Closed Tone: Level (Ø)			Fanqie: 符方切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/bʉɐŋ/	/bʱiwaŋ/	/biuaŋ/	/bʷiɐŋ/	/buaŋ/	/bĭwaŋ/	/biuɑŋ/
Character (方), Pronunciation 2/2
Initial: 幫 (1) Final: 陽 Division: III			Openness: Closed Tone: Level (Ø)			Fanqie: 府良切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/pʉɐŋ/	/piwaŋ/	/piuaŋ/	/pʷiɐŋ/	/puaŋ/	/pĭwaŋ/	/piuɑŋ/

Old Chinese pronunciation (方, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
方								fāng								‹ pjang ›								/*C-paŋ/								square
方								fāng								‹ pjang ›								/*paŋ/								method
方								fāng								‹ pjang ›								/*paŋ/								just, then
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
方					3023					方					陽					0					方					/*paŋ/					甲金文象槳即榜初文，下初爲單筆，猶旂左初亦作單杆
方					3056					方					陽					0					房					/*baŋ/

§Adverb

方

1. (literary) just now

§Noun

方

1. (Elementary Mandarin) square; rectangle
2. (Intermediate Mandarin) aspect; side
3. (Intermediate Mandarin) place; region
4. (Intermediate Mandarin) method; way
5. (Intermediate Mandarin) prescription
6. (Intermediate Mandarin) power (mathematics)

   2的3次方是8

   2 to the 3rd power is 8.

§Noun

方

1. aspect; side

   方面: aspect; side

§Noun

方

1. region

   地方: regional; local

§Compounds

• 方响
• 方響
• 魔方 (mófāng)

§References

• Taiwan Min Nan Common Words Dictionary (臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典)

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§Japanese

§Kanji

方

(grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. direction
2. person
3. alternative

§Readings

• On: ほう (hō)
• Kun: かた (kata), ならべる (naraberu), くらべる (kuraberu)

§Compounds

方正 (ほうせい) (hōsei) 方形 (ほうけい) (hōkei) 方式 (ほうしき) (hōshiki)

方術 (ほうじゅつ) (hōjutsu) 方法 (ほうほう) (hōhō) 方面 (ほうめん) (hōmen)

方針 (ほうしん) (hōshin) 夕方 (ゆうがた) (yūgata) 味方 (みかた) (mikata)

§Noun

方 (hiragana ほう, romaji hō)

1. direction, way, side

方 (hiragana かた, romaji kata)

1. person (a polite version of 人 (ひと, hito))

   あの方 (かた)。

   ano kata.

   That person. (polite)

   あの方 (かた)はどなたですか。

   ano kata wa donata desu ka.

   Who is that gentleman? (formal)

§Synonyms

• 人 (ひと) (hito) (plain)

§Suffix

方 (hiragana かた, romaji -kata)

1. way, method (of doing)

§Etymology

pe > ɸe > we > e.

§Suffix

方 (hiragana え, romaji -e, historical hiragana へ)

1. a suffix expressing location, direction, or time

§Derived terms

• 古
• 行方

§See also

• 法

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§Korean

§Hanja

方 (bang)
Eumhun:

• Sound (hangeul): 방 (revised: bang, McCune-Reischauer: pang, Yale: pang)

• Name (hangeul): 모()

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§Vietnamese

§Han character

方 (phương, vuông, quách)

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